"As a longtime employee of MJJ productions she has a vested interest in defending Jackson and his estate." Rwaramba admits in her statement that she does not know what happened between Michael and his accusers," attorney Vince Finaldi said in the written statement. The attorney provided ABC News with a statement in response to Rwaramba's comments. A spokesman for the film directed requests for comment to the two men's attorney.
This will allow everyone the opportunity to assess the film and the claims in it for themselves.”Īttempts by ABC News to reach Robson and Safechuck for comment on Rwaramba's statements were unsuccessful. "HBO will move forward with the airing of Leaving Neverland, the two-part documentary, on March 3rd and 4th. “Despite the desperate lengths taken to undermine the film, our plans remain unchanged," the statement reads. HBO network executives said in a statement issued earlier this week that the lawsuit was an effort to "undermine" the film. Jackson did nothing inappropriate to either of them." a film where they knew the two subjects had for many years testified under oath and told family, friends and law enforcement that Mr. “HBO breached its agreement not to disparage Michael Jackson by producing and selling to the public a one-sided marathon of unvetted propaganda. Jackson estate lawyers did not seek to prevent broadcast of the documentary, which aired this month on March 3 and 4, but rather claimed that the previous agreement was breached by airing the "Leaving Neverland" documentary. Jackson's estate has sued HBO for $100 million for allegedly breaching a previous, 1992 non-disparagement agreement as part of a contract to air Jackson's "Dangerous" tour. Since it aired earlier this month, several radio stations in Canada and New Zealand have reportedly stopped playing Jackson's music, and in Manchester, England, a statue of the singer has been removed from the National Football Museum, according to the BBC. The person that Wade and James describe is not the person that I knew.” “However, because Michael is no longer here to defend himself, and because I have a unique view of him and the life he lived, I feel compelled to speak out against what I firmly believe to be false claims. “I don’t claim to know what happened between Michael and his accusers. “If Michael harmed Wade Robson and James Safechuck, they have my deepest sympathy and compassion,” Rwaramba said in the statement, referring to the two men featured in the documentary. In a lengthy statement released to ABC News, Grace Rwaramba – the former nanny to Jackson’s children, Prince Michael I, Paris and Prince Michael II (known as ‘Blanket’), who worked for Jackson for 17 years – described her former boss as hopelessly naïve to manipulation and incapable of hurting children. One of Michael Jackson’s longest-serving employees has come forward to defend the late pop star, saying that in all the years she worked for Jackson she never witnessed, suspected or learned of any sexual abuse of children by the pop star. The simmering debate over last weekend's new HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland” could be heating up again.
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